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car·tog·ra·phy  (kär-tgr-f)
n.
The art or technique of making maps or charts.

[French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1) + -graphie, writing (from Greek graphi; see -graphy).]

car·togra·pher n.
carto·graphic (kärt-grfk), carto·graphi·cal adj.

cartography
Noun
the art of making maps or charts [French carte map, chart]
cartographer n
cartographic adj

cartography  (kär-tgr-f)
The art or technique of making maps or charts.

cartography
the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction. Also chartography, chartology. — cartographer, n. — cartographic, adj.
See also: Maps
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cartographycartography - the making of maps and charts        
devising, fashioning, making - the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
Translations
cartography [kɑːˈtɔgrəfɪ] ncartographie f

cartography [kɑːˈtɔgrəfɪ] nKartografie f

cartography [kɑːˈtɔgrəfɪ] ncartografia

cartography
n cartography [kaːˈtogrəfi]
map-making. kartografie فَنُّ رَسْمِ الخَرائِط картография kartografie kartografi die Kartographie χαρτογραφία cartografía kartograafia نقشه نگاری kartanpiirustus carto- graphie מִפּוּי नक्शानवीसी kartografija térképészet pembuatan peta kortagerð cartografia 地図作成 지도 제작(법) kartografija kartogrāfija kartografi cartografie karttegning, kartografi kartografia cartografia car­tografie картография kartografia kartografija kartografija kartografi การทำแผนที่ haritacılık, kartografi 制圖學 картографія نقشہ سازی ، نقشہ کشی thuật vẽ bản đồ
n carˈtographer
kartograaf رسّامُ خَرائِط جُغْرافِيَّه картограф kartograf kartograf der Kartograph χαρτογράφος cartógrafo kartograaf نقشه نگار kartanpiirtäjä cartographe שַׂרטַט מַפּוֹת नक्शानवीस kartograf térképész pembuat peta kortagerðarmaður cartografo 地図作成者 지도 제작자 kartografas kartogrāfs pelukis peta cartograaf karttegner, kartograf kartograf cartógrafo cartograf картограф kartograf, -ka kartograf kartograf kartograf คนทำแผนที่ haritacı 制圖員 картограф نقشہ کش ، نقشہ ساز người vẽ bản đồ
adj cartoˈgraphic [-ˈgrӕ-]
kartografies خَرائِطي картографски kartografický kartografisk Karten-... χαρτογραφικός cartográfico kartograafiline وابسته به نقشه نگاری kartografinen cartographique כַּרטוֹגרָפִי नक्शानवीसी संबंधी kartografski térképészeti kartografis kortagerðar- cartografico 地図作成上の 지도 제작(상)의 kartografinis kartogrāfijas- lukisan peta cartografisch kartografisk kartograficzny cartográfico cartografic картографический kartografický kartografski kartografski kartografisk ที่เกี่ยวกับการทำแผนที่ haritacılığa ait 制圖的 картографічний نقشے کے لحاظ سے (thuộc) thuật vẽ bản đồ


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